madeleine
mad-e-leine · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A small French sponge cake baked in a shell-shaped mold.
- 2.
A female given name of French origin.
Forms
plural: madeleines
Phrases & expressions
- •Proustian madeleine — Something that triggers a rush of memories, from Marcel Proust's famous passage.
Related words
Etymology
From French madeleine, possibly named after a 19th-century pastry cook named Madeleine Paulmier. As a name, from Hebrew Magdalene ("of Magdala").